Mark Twain: Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
My book is developing into a guide for cutting through a lifetime of emotional red tape. I’ve written it not because of my advanced educational training, but more in spite of it.
Nacemos al mundo de la Naturaleza; cuando nacemos por segunda vez, es al mundo del espíritu. BHAGAVAD GITA
Notice those who give much, boast little, nurture others, and decline recognition or credit, and put them in your greatness file.
Offer a prayer when you hear an ambulance’s or police car’s siren.
Only when we are sick of our sickness shall we cease to be sick.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in Literary Ethics in 1838,Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous...
Reduce what’s in excess in your life and then offer it where it can be utilized.
Release the need for the attention of others
Remember that every use of force, even the smallest, creates a counterforce.
Remind yourself daily that there is no way to happiness; rather, happiness is the way. You may have a long list of goals that you believe will provide you with contentment when they’re achieved, yet i...
Remind yourself daily that there is no way to happiness; rather, happiness is the way.
Remind yourself that the fear of failure is very often the fear of someone else’s disapproval or ridicule. If you let them have their own opinions, which have nothing to do with you, you can begin to...
Remind yourself that what other people do is not what bothers you, it’s your reaction to it. Instead of saying They shouldn’t do that, say, I wonder why I bother myself with what they are doing.
Remove all unloving thoughts from your mind, and practice kindness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions. Cultivate
Sören Kierkegaard wrote, Once you label me, you negate me. When the individual must live up to the label, the self ceases to exist. The same is true of self-labels. You could be negating yourself by i...
The freest people in the world are those who have senses of inner peace about themselves: They simply refuse to be swayed by the whims of others, and are quietly effective at running their own lives....
The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it’s that they are too low, and we do.
Trust your own essential nature.
Whatever you feel within you as your calling—whatever makes you feel alive—know in your heart that this excitement is all the evidence you need to have your inner passion become reality.
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